SGS Forest High School

Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Cinderford, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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SGS Forest High School is a secondary school in Cinderford, Gloucestershire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.

SGS Forest High School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2023	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2022	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2021	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2020	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 4 earlier figures.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 9 of the 39 other Gloucestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.6 (England 46).
Year 7 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 35 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, the 10th lowest of 39 Gloucestershire secondary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
36.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gloucestershire is 23.5%.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Causeway Road, Cinderford, GL14 2AZ
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 255 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 36.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 20 February 2024

Strengths

“Pupils typically enjoy learning.”
“Some teaching enables pupils to make progress through the curriculum.”
“Staff are caring and know pupils well.”

To improve

“However, the quality of teaching that they receive varies.”
“Nevertheless, at other times, teaching is not adapted well enough to build on what pupils already know, or to tackle gaps in their understanding.”
“As a result, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	33%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	35.6	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 30 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.

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Five Acres High School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre 7.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
The Dean Academy 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Severn Vale School 8.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
SGS Berkeley Green UTC 9.6 mi No Ofsted grade
Holmleigh Park High School 9.8 mi Good Last distance published
The Crypt School 10.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published